The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-13
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In the INrgLLIGESCgR the other day sp-
peared a. notice OF the formation Of com.
p,ny who have leased vast tracts Of land
In our State to be used as preserves for
game and fab that thoy have applied Tor
charter and that the tract will bs placed
in charge OF a ga.nekeeper and several as.
al hanta, who will have power to keep of
alliutrudcrs and arrest them II necessary ;
that II will be conducted after tho same
mshods 90 similar hunting tracts. in
Great Britain, and will be for the exc!u.
sivs use OF the members Of tho atsocia'
ton.
Its 10 BIO hoped The ncheme will fail,
not only because all wild gene should he
FREQ 10 b. taken WI ersver found, and no
trespass should aries except !or actual
damage to property while In its pursuit
or capture, bu. because the locking up Ct
such large body OF laud-Afrom culture
or development 70. IN indefinite tine
mist work grea. detr!mcnt to the best in.
tarhsts OF our State.
It may bs possible that much OF these
vIs: trncts il Of pucll nature that it can.
not be cultivated, but it is not possible
bl. that a large portion Of these vast
trlcts would furnish valuable timber and
perhaps valuable lodes { t minerals. which
tn. preserved would prevent being work.
ed; besides which our State is too small
to ALLOW such enormous mouthfuls being
tax m on. OF her by one sat OF men, no
matte: how greedy their sppetites may be
for fish aud game. ....
What we want ia development Of our
wilderness, not it's preservation. That
the gauie preserves OF England have
worked great harm to tho masses Of tina.
country will probably not be denied; that
they would work equal harm in this
country can scarcely be doubted, and that
ths preservation Of game for the public is
OF doubtful good sRve for recreation, as
the lands could undoubtedly bs put to
better purposes, the preservation OF fish
md their multiplication for food for tho
mass,s is beyond cavil or question. But
thu ish which fill tho numerous streams
which fad their way through the 10000
acres sr, not to be preserved for this pur-
pose, but 10 crafty few fortunate in
div:du us who wish to apo the landed
gentry OF England at no matter what pri-
vatiou or injury to the people Of our
St,te.
Then the granting OF constabulsry pow
era 10 any person to make arrests for
killing what tho Great Creator made free
for all is so rcpugnant to every man to
tho manor born tina. it would DO almost
impossible for him in the brush to dis.
criminEte between these creatures'o Of the
law and the bear OF deer he might
bs in pursuit Of. The consequence Of this
would be that many OF them would share
bruins fate. The fact is patent to all
that, this holding OF immense bodies OF
land by ono or more men has been tho
great hindrance to the progress OF our
State. 1t therefore behooves our execu-
tive and the Legislators to see that nothing
is done which will havo tendency to in
creaae this hindrance, but on the other
hand that everything which can be done
is done to remove it. ~ i
As our State embraces an area OF but a
little over $4,000 square miles, it would
require but few such blankets. as the
ons proposed, to completely cover her
with preserves. and reconvert her into tho
uubroken wilderness she was before the
AKA Of the pioneer had leveled the first
tree Of her forests,